Köngen
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Köngen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Köngen within Esslingen district  | |
  Köngen  Köngen | |
| Coordinates: 48°40′55″N 9°22′0″E / 48.68194°N 9.36667°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Esslingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Otto Ruppaner |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.52 km2 (4.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 281 m (922 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 9,808 |
| • Density | 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73257 |
| Dialling codes | 07024 |
| Vehicle registration | ES |
| Website | www.koengen.de |
Köngen is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. About nine kilometers from the district city Esslingen am Neckar and about six kilometers away from Nürtingen. It is part of the Stuttgart Region and the european Stuttgart Metropolitan Region.
Geography
Geographical location
Köngen is located on the left side of the river Neckar on the western slopes of the Neckar valley.
Neighboring communities
Adjacent communities are in northern Deizisau, northeast Wernau (Neckar), southeast Wendlingen, south Unterensingen and west Denkendorf (all Esslingen district).
Municipality arrangement
The municipality includes the village Köngen, the yards Birkenhöfe, Buchenhöfe, Erlenhöfe, Kempflerhöfe, Lerchenhof, Riedhöfe, Rothöfe, Seehof, Talhof and Wangerhöfe and the house Altenberg.[2]
History
Ancient History
Köngen is in the area of the Roman settlement "Grinario" that was built around 100 a. Chr around a Roman Castra. Grinario was the endpoint of the Roman road "Neckar-Alb-Aare" which originated in Windisch (Switzerland). In 260 the place was destroyed by the Alemanni and the Romans were expelled.
Middle Ages
The Alemanni place was first mentioned in 1075 in a document of the Hirsau Abbey. In 1336 the lords of Hohenberg sold the village to Albrecht von Aichelberg. In 1382 the Herrschaft of the lords of Thumb von Neuburg attained it, who relocated their residence from Graubünden to Köngen in 1430. Hans Friedrich Thumb promoted early the Reformation; already in 1527 was therefore preached Lutheran in Köngen, this is seven years before Duke Ulrich penetrated in 1534 the reformation in Württemberg.[3]
Modern history
Around the year 1600 about 900 people inhabitated the village. During the 17th century Köngen suffered from several outbreaks of diseases and war violence. From 1609 until 1611 there was a first plaque outbreak, the second one happened in 1627. About one third of the population died from the disease. Over one hundred inhabitants were killed by marauding troops of the victorious emporer after the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634. The number of 1000 inhabitants was only passed during the first half of the 18th century. 1739 Köngen became part of Württemberg after the previous owners (Thumb von Neuburg), had been working for Württemberg already for more than two hundred years at this point. After the foundation of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806 until 1808 Köngen was seat of an Oberamt. During the consolidation phase of the new württembergian administration it was allocated to the Oberamt Esslingen, which was as part of the "Kreisreform" during the National Sozialist time in 1938 changed and enlarged to the district of Esslingen. Because Köngen became part of the American occupation zone after the second world war, it belonged to the state of Württemberg-Baden, founded in 1945 which in 1952 merged into todays state of Baden-Würtemberg.
Religion
Since the reformation Köngen has been mostly Lutheran. Only since 1953 there has been a catholic church again. The new building became necessary because of the relocation of many catholic Heimatvertriebene ("homeland expellees"). Furthermore there are a United Methodist Curch and since 1924 a New Apostolic Church.
Population
The populations are estimates, results of the Censuses in Germany (¹) or official updates of the statistical state office (only main residence).
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Economy and Infrastructure
Transportation
Köngen is connected to the national road network through the federal road B 313 and the Bundesautobahn 8. From the neighbouring community Wendlingen trains run towards Tübingen the S-Bahn runs towards Stuttgart and Kirchheim unter Teck.[4]
Established businesses
DHL operates in Köngen a parcel center with 700 employees.[5] In addition, here are located mechanical engineering companies and plastic processing companies.
Education
In Köngen there are a primary and secondary school, (Burgschule) and a further primary school, the Mörikeschule, named after Eduard Mörike. In addition, there are seven kindergarten in Köngen. The library of the municipality Köngen is in the attic of the tithe barn and has a stock of around 15,000 media.[6]
Personality
Sons and daughters of the city
- Konrad Thumb von Neuburg (1465-1525), hereditary marshal of Ulrich, duke of Württemberg
- Gustav Adolf Boley (1835-1891), entrepreneur and inventor
Other personalities who are associated with Köngen
- Jakob Friedrich Weishaar (1775-1834), Württemberg politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies, lived from 1823 until his death in Köngen
- Anna Peters (1843-1926), painter, lived and worked from 1894 to 1924 again at Schloss Köngen
- Pietrosella Peters (1848-1924), painter, lived and worked from 1894 to 1924 again at Schloss Köngen
- Else Klink (1907-1994), from 1935 to 1991 Head of Eurythmeum Stuttgart, lived in Köngen
- Eduard Mörike (1804-1875), was from May until December 1827 vicar with pastor Nathaniel Gottlieb Renz
Literature
- Wurster, Otto: Eßlinger Heimatbuch für Stadt und Umgebung. Eßlingen 1931. Darin: Köngen (p. 27–281).
- Der Landkreis Esslingen. Hrsg. vom Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg in Verbindung mit dem Landkreis Esslingen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0842-1, Volume 2, page 81
- Oertel, Burkhart: Ortssippenbuch Köngen. Vollständige Wiedergabe der evangelischen Kirchenbücher 1588–1808. Köngen: Geschichts- und Kulturverein Köngen 1998 (= Württembergische Ortssippenbücher 39)
- Fastnacht, Kathrin: Köngen. Ein Schloss und seine Herrschaften. Konrad-Verlag, Weißenhorn 2007, ISBN 978-3-87437-530-6.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2. S. 255–257
- ^ Baldwin Keck: Die Peter-und Pauls-Kirche in Köngen. Hrsg. von der evang. Kirchengemeinde, Köngen 1981, S. 19.
- ^ Verbund-Liniennetz auf den Seiten des VVS (PDF; 1,7 MB), abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2010
- ^ Lebensadern einer Stadt, Teil 4 in der Stuttgarter Zeitung vom 6. Dezember 2006[permanent dead link] (PDF; 416 kB), retrieved 16. September 2010
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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